Change the look and the planning settings

Recipes, updated 8 September 2026

You change the colours, how much text shows, and the rules your plan follows.

On this page

  1. Change how much the header shows
  2. Change the colour theme and dark mode
  3. Hide a small line, and get it back
  4. Check your planning settings
  5. Set the month your year starts

Change how much the header shows

You want less text, or more, on your planning screens.

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  1. 1

    Open Settings, then Appearance

    Find Header density

    Header density on the phone
    Phone: Header density
  2. 2

    Look at Header density

    Pick Compact, Expanded, or Follow the system

    The three choices on a computer
    Desktop: the three choices

What follows

  • The Compact setting keeps your goals behind a toggle; Expanded shows them straight away.
  • The change shows straight away, with no reload.

See also: hide a small line and get it back.

Change the colour theme and dark mode

You want the app in different colours, or easier to read at night.

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  1. 1

    Open Settings, then Appearance

    Tap a swatch under Color scheme

    The palette swatches on the phone
    Phone: the swatches
  2. 2

    Look at the same Color scheme list

    Tap a tag such as Simple, Vivid or Muted

    The tag chips on a computer
    Desktop: the tag chips
  3. 3

    Look at the first row of Appearance

    Turn on Dark mode

    The dark mode switch on the phone
    Phone: the dark mode switch
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    Open the same tab on a computer

    Turn on Dark mode there too

    The dark mode switch on a computer
    Desktop: the dark mode switch

What follows

  • The tags are Simple, Vivid, Colourful, Deep, Muted, Balanced, and Monochrome.

See also: check your planning settings.

Hide a small line, and get it back

A greeting or a value line keeps repeating, and you want it gone.

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    Look at the end of the line

    Tap the small cross

    It stays gone after you reload.

  2. 2

    Open Settings, then Reminders

    Tap Show them again under Hidden messages

    The hidden messages row on the phone
    Phone: the list
    The hidden messages row on a computer
    Desktop: the list

What follows

  • The cross is faint on the phone, and shows when you point at the line on a computer.
  • The overdue milestones and the break notices have no cross, because they show the state of your plan.

See also: change how much the header shows.

Check your planning settings

You want to see or change the rules for drafting annual goals and setting your year.

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    Open Settings, then Planning

    Set Annual goals across all areas

    The goal counter on the phone
    Phone: the goal counter
  2. 2

    Look at Draft them for me

    Turn it off to start from a blank page

    The drafting switch on a computer
    Desktop: the drafting switch

What follows

  • The method caps this at 3, and the counter allows any number from 1 to 12.
  • The app saves each choice the moment you change it.
  • A goal already drafted stays where it is when you turn drafting off.

See also: edit a drafted annual goal, set your year start month.

Set the month your year starts

Your planning year does not follow the calendar year, and you want the app to follow yours.

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  1. 1

    Open Settings, then Planning

    Pick Calendar year or My own year under Your year

    The year choice on the phone
    Phone: the year choice
  2. 2

    Open the same tab on a computer

    Pick Calendar year or My own year there too

    The year choice on a computer
    Desktop: the year choice
  3. 3

    Pick My own year first

    Tap My year starts in and choose a month

  4. 4

    Open the same tab on a computer

    Tap My year starts in there too

    The month choice on a computer
    Desktop: the month choice

What follows

  • The change regroups your quarters, so past quarters may show under different dates.

See also: cascade your year down to today, check your planning settings.